About the Event Series
By popular demand, the Pledge Pillar Roundtables are back for Spring 2022 to give:
- Those involved in #RaiseTheGame the chance to connect with others within the pledge community and share knowledge amongst likeminded individuals.
- Industry professionals whose organisations are not involved in the pledge or still on the fence whether to sign-up, a moment to get involved and see what the pledge is about.
- Anyone else interested in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) within the games industry that would like to be be part of the conversation.
Regardless your background, anyone who signs up to the roundtables is interested in the opportunity to discuss best practices, learn new perspectives and listen to advice around EDI matters from others within a safe virtual environment.
Check out our other roundtable sessions here!
About this Event
This roundtable session will focus on topics inspired by our second pledge pillar - Shaping inclusive and welcoming places to work.
You may come into the session with questions like...
- How do you foster a inclusive work culture that continues to grow and add rather than condenses and forces individuals to fit?
- What considerations are needed to be put in place to allow people from any background to feel welcomed?
- What can be done to inspire existing staff to be proactive engaged around EDI?
- How can we forge good retention?
- What kind of support exists to rollout and put in place within an organisation?
Likewise you may have suggestions on how to tackle such matters that you would like to share. Which is why we facilitate these sessions as roundtables to open up discussion to everyone in attendance, which in turn allows people to share their experiences and best practice tips & tricks around creating and cultivating inclusive places to work!
We're happy to announce as well, we will be joined by Autistica who will help chair the session and share perspective around how to consider inclusion and neurodiversity into creating welcoming places to work.
This roundtable session will be virtual, taking place through Zoom with closed captions on.
All registered attendees will be sent a link in advance of each event.
Please note: The roundtables will not be recorded yet there might be content produced as follow-up to each session. Any post event content produced will apply ‘The Chatham House rule' where nothing will be attributable to anybody to protect everyone’s privacy.
Need More Details?
If you have any enquiries about the event, please contact Dom Shaw, EDI Coordinator at Ukie via dom@ukie.org.uk.
More about #RaiseTheGame
The #RaiseTheGame pledge is a holistic driven initiative managed and facilitated by Ukie aimed at helping the overall UK games industry grow and improve in all areas of equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI). From guidance and practical advice to engagement activities like events both online and in-person, the pledge is a call to action to rally the sector together and become lead examples of inclusion to other industries.
Though the pledge is managed by Ukie, any games industry company can apply to sign-up and be involved in activities surrounding the pledge, all that is asked is a strong commitment to make a positive impact, the time to listen and consider along with the effort to implement such change. Even if you’re at the start of your journey or think your company too small to make a difference - all companies no matter their size or where they are in their equality, diversity & inclusion journey are welcome.
More about Autistica
Autistica is the UK's leading autism research charity. Our vision is a world where every autistic person lives a happy, healthy, long life. Our mission is to enable breakthroughs to make that happen by funding research, shaping policy and working with autistic people to make more of a difference. We identify problems, find solutions, then advise and influence key partners who can implement the changes autistic people want to experience.